Friday, January 15, 2010

The Idlest Idler

Rune Master Xan hasn’t commented since October 2009 - so far as I can tell, he unidled last week to make a Wish to change the header of a dynasty he wasn’t playing, and hasn’t taken a single game action since. (If this kind of thing is his only purpose in BlogNomic - is he another player’s brother? - I think we might need a new Fair Play rule.)

posted by Kevan at 15 Jan 2010 11:42:48 UTC Comments (8)

Comments

Qwazukee:

15-01-2010 16:57:07 UTC

Yeah he’s DC’s brother if I remember correctly. I thought that was weird, but I don’t think he’s done anything abusive.

Klisz:

15-01-2010 16:59:56 UTC

He was really creeped out by the header. Also, yes, he’s my brother. He hasn’t done anything abusive - he joined, voted, idled, unidled, made a wish. And that wish wasn’t even a scam to get me to win.

Kevan: he/him

15-01-2010 17:14:06 UTC

Whether or not he helped you out (I was also fed up of the large header image, but didn’t want to burn a wish to undo it, which seemed to be the most appropriate avenue), sitting around soaking up quorum without voting isn’t great.

Klisz:

15-01-2010 17:19:37 UTC

I’ll try to convince him not to do anything like this in the future.

Qwazukee:

15-01-2010 17:25:37 UTC

Just ask him to idle if he’s not gonna do anything.

Klisz:

19-01-2010 23:20:36 UTC

I don’t think he can be idled, as he hasn’t requested it and he has posted (although not commented) within the past 7 days.

Klisz:

19-01-2010 23:21:07 UTC

(Though I’ll let it slide.)

ais523:

20-01-2010 14:56:28 UTC

Hmm, if the idling really was illegal, then that affects the gamestate quite badly by causing proposals to have been illegally enacted and holding up the queue. Given that my attempt last dynasty to make that sort of mistake automatically become valid failed, this could lead to a massive mess.